Saba 785

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Saba
• Model: 785 (OEM: Dual CS 1229)
• Type: Turntable
• Years of manufacture: 1972 - 1975
• Made in: Germany
• Color: silver / black, housing walnut or matt white
• Remote control: no
• Power consumption: 8 W
• Dimensions: 490 x 180 x 355 mm (WxHxD)
• Weight: 12 kg
• Original price approx:
  • Housing Walnut: 678 DM
  • Housing matt white: 694 DM

Connections

• Outputs: Sound cell Shure MM M-91 MG-D, 3 mV, 50 kOhm

Technical Data

• Drive: servo-controlled direct drive
• Motor: brushless DC motor
• Speed: 33 ⅓, 45, 78 rpm.
• Synchronous fluctuation: 0.06% WRMS.
• Rumble noise ratio: 60 dB
• Turntable: injection-molded aluminum
  • Diameter: 305 mm
  • Weight: 3.2 kg
• Operating mode: Fully automatic
• Fine speed control: ± 2
• Start-up time:
• Tonearm: S-shaped universal tubular tonearm, statically balanced.

Effective length: 222 mm Overhang: 15 mm

• • Tracking error angle: 0.16
  • Contact pressure adjustment range: 0 - 4 g
  • Weight of the pickup: 1 - 12 g
  • Weight of tonearm head:
• Cartridge:
  • Type: MM standard system as original equipment, M-91 MG-D
  • Frequency response: 20 - 20'000 Hz
  • Output voltage: 3 mV (1 kHz、50mm/s).
  • Impedance: 50 kOhm
  • Channel separation: 25 dB
  • Needle fillet: 10x10-6cm/dyn.
    • Diameter: 0.5 mm
  • Weight: 5.3 g
  • Recommended contact pressure: 1.5 g
  • Replacement needle: N-91 MG-D

Special Features

• Stroboscope display
• Directly readable contact force adjustment
• Adjustable anti-skating device
• Viscosity damped tonearm control

Notes

• Other models in the same series:
• Saba 735
• Saba 745
• Saba 780
• Saba 785

Pictures

• Extract from brochure: Saba 785